804 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



base rounded, acute or subcordate, nerves strong beneath and 

 all running toward the point in three oblique pairs. Petiole 

 J-£. Cymes terminal, lax, white — tomentose. Pedicels shorter 

 than Calyx-lobes which are hoary without. Sepals red, jin. 

 long, linear-lanceolate, glandular within. Corolla white, tube 

 5-ribbed, Jin. long ; lobes obliquely orbicular ; tube and throat 

 both cylindric, sub-equal, limb l|in. diam. Ovary pubescent at 

 tip. Style slender, top lanceolate, stigma columnar, to the tip 

 of which the anthers are attached. Follicles 3-5in., stout, nearly 

 -*in. diam.; pericarp thickly coriaceous. Seeds (unripe) ovate- 

 oblong, I in. long, flat. Ovary wholly included in the tubular 5- 

 lobed disk (J. D. Hooker). 



Use :— Used for the same purposes as A. calycina. 



764. A. calycina, A. Be. h.f.b.l, hi. 664. 

 Syn. : — Echites caryophyllata, Boxb. 245. 



Sans. : — Malati. 



Vern. : — Malati. 



Habitat : — Tavoy ; Gomez. 



A stout, evergreen climber. Branches pubescent. Leaves 3-4in., 

 coriaceous, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 

 nerves 7-10 pairs, arching, slender. Petiole Jin. Cymes many— -fid, 

 densely rusty-tomentose, lax, terminal. Peduncle and pedicels 

 stout. Sepals ^-lin., eglandular. Corolla- tube Jin. long, hoary, 

 slender, cylindric, base hardly dilated, narrowed upwards to the 

 mouth, villous within ; Corolla-lobes ovate-acute. Ovary quite 

 glabrous. Style elongate-clavate, truncate ; stigma columnar. 

 Fruit unknown (J. D. Hooker). 



Use : — According to Sanskrit authors, this plant is heating 

 and tonic ; useful in diseases caused by disordered bile and 

 blood (U. C. Dutt). 



765. Trachelospermum fragrans, Hook., h.f.b.l, 

 in. 667. 



Vern. : — Dudhi (Kumaon). 



Habitat: — Temperate and subtropical Himalaya, from Ku- 

 maon to Bhotan, exclusive of Sikkim. Assam ; Muku hills ; 

 Cachar. 



